Zimbabwean cricket team in the Netherlands in 2019

The Zimbabwe cricket team toured the Netherlands in June 2019 to play two One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3] The two teams last faced each other in an ODI match at the 2003 Cricket World Cup, with Zimbabwe winning by 99 runs.[4] The last time the two sides played a T20I match against each other was during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, with Zimbabwe winning by five wickets.[4]

Zimbabwean cricket team in the Netherlands in 2019
	Netherlands	Zimbabwe
Dates	19 – 25 June 2019
Captains	Pieter Seelaar	Hamilton Masakadza
One Day International series
Results	Netherlands won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Max O'Dowd (145)	Brendan Taylor (122)
Most wickets	Fred Klaassen (4)	Sean Williams (6)
Twenty20 International series
Results	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Roelof van der Merwe (87)	Craig Ervine (88)
Most wickets	Roelof van der Merwe (5)	Christopher Mpofu (4)

The Netherlands won the ODI series 2–0.[5] It was their first ever ODI series win against a Full Member side.[6] The T20I series was drawn 1–1, with Zimbabwe winning the second match in a Super Over.[7]

Squads

ODIs		T20Is
Netherlands[8]	Zimbabwe[9]	Netherlands[8]	Zimbabwe[9]
Pieter Seelaar (c) Wesley Barresi Ben Cooper Scott Edwards (wk) Brandon Glover Vivian Kingma Fred Klaassen Bas de Leede Max O'Dowd Roelof van der Merwe Paul van Meekeren Tobias Visee Saqib Zulfiqar	Hamilton Masakadza (c) Ryan Burl Tendai Chatara Elton Chigumbura Craig Ervine Kyle Jarvis Tinashe Kamunhukamwe Solomon Mire Peter Moor Christopher Mpofu Richmond Mutumbami (wk) Ainsley Ndlovu Sikandar Raza Brendan Taylor Donald Tiripano Sean Williams	Pieter Seelaar (c) Wesley Barresi Ben Cooper Scott Edwards (wk) Brandon Glover Vivian Kingma Fred Klaassen Bas de Leede Max O'Dowd Roelof van der Merwe Paul van Meekeren Tobias Visee Saqib Zulfiqar	Hamilton Masakadza (c) Ryan Burl Tendai Chatara Elton Chigumbura Craig Ervine Kyle Jarvis Tinashe Kamunhukamwe Solomon Mire Peter Moor Christopher Mpofu Richmond Mutumbami (wk) Ainsley Ndlovu Sikandar Raza Brendan Taylor Donald Tiripano Sean Williams

ODI series

1st ODI

19 June 2019 11:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  205/8 (47 overs)	v	Netherlands 207/3 (42.5 overs)
Brendan Taylor 71 (85) Fred Klaassen 2/29 (10 overs)		Max O'Dowd 87* (121) Sean Williams 2/38 (9 overs)

Netherlands won by 7 wickets (DLS method) Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Huub Jansen (Ned)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Netherlands were set a revised target of 206 runs from 47 overs due to rain.
• Max O'Dowd, Tobias Visee (Ned) and Ainsley Ndlovu (Zim) all made their ODI debuts.
• Roelof van der Merwe also made his ODI debut for the Netherlands, after previously playing 13 ODIs for South Africa, becoming the 12th cricketer to represent two international teams in ODIs.[10]
• Ainsley Ndlovu (Zim) became the 26th bowler to take a wicket with his first delivery in ODIs.[11]

2nd ODI

21 June 2019 11:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  290/6 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 291/7 (49.2 overs)
Sikandar Raza 85* (68) Fred Klaassen 2/53 (10 overs)		Max O'Dowd 59 (81) Sean Williams 4/43 (7 overs)

Netherlands won by 3 wickets Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Brandon Glover and Saqib Zulfiqar (Ned) both made their ODI debuts.
• This was the Netherlands' highest successful run chase in ODIs.[12]

T20I series

1st T20I

23 June 2019 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Netherlands  199/6 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 150 (19.5 overs)
Roelof van der Merwe 75* (39) Christopher Mpofu 2/38 (4 overs)		Craig Ervine 59 (37) Brandon Glover 3/20 (4 overs)

Netherlands won by 49 runs Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Huub Jansen (Ned)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Brandon Glover (Ned) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

25 June 2019 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Netherlands  152/8 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 152 (20 overs)
Max O'Dowd 56 (40) Sean Williams 2/28 (4 overs)		Brendan Taylor 40 (24) Roelof van der Merwe 4/35 (4 overs)

Match tied (Zimbabwe won the Super Over) Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Huub Jansen (Ned)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Zimbabwe to host UAE, travel to Netherlands". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
2. "Zimbabwe set for packed season of international cricket". CricBuzz. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
3. "Zimbabwe to break cricket hiatus with series against UAE". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
4. "Salland and VOC hosts ODI/T20I series against Zimbabwe". Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB). Retrieved 13 June 2019.
5. "O'Dowd, Van der Merwe power Netherlands to 2-0 series win". CricBuzz. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
6. "Dutch take ODI series in a last-over thriller". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
7. "Zimbabwe secure Super Over win against Netherlands". CricBuzz. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
8. "Netherlands recall Vivian Kingma, Bas de Leede for Zimbabwe series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
9. "Brendan Taylor, Hamilton Masakadza back in Zimbabwe squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
10. "Records: Combined Test, ODI and T20I records. Individual records (captains, players, umpires), Representing two countries". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
11. "O'Dowd's debut fifty helps Netherlands dominate Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
12. "Van der Merwe, Edwards and Seelaar seal Netherlands' highest ODI chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo